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Ink and wash drawing: a ghostly bearded seer with a staff looms over a kneeling muscular man with a sword beside a pit.

Teiresias Foretells the Future to Odysseus

A bearded old man in a long hooded robe and a staff stands tall as a pale, ghostly presence against swirling clouds. At lower right a muscular, half-nude man kneels beside a pit, gripping a sword, while a shadowy figure sprawls at lower left in a brown and red wash drawing.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1775
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2437 × 3553 px
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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1775; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Tiresias predice el futuro a Odiseo

Un anciano barbudo con túnica larga con capucha y un bastón se alza como una presencia pálida y fantasmal entre nubes arremolinadas. En el lado inferior derecho, un hombre musculoso y semidesnudo se arrodilla junto a una fosa, empuñando una espada, mientras una figura sombría yace en el extremo inferior izquierdo en un dibujo de aguada marrón y roja.

Português: Tirésias prediz o futuro a Odisseu

Um ancião barbudo, com manto longo e capuz e um cajado, ergue-se como uma presença pálida e fantasmagórica entre nuvens turbilhonantes. No canto inferior direito, um homem musculoso e seminu ajoelha-se junto a uma cova, empunhando uma espada, enquanto uma figura sombria jaz no canto inferior esquerdo, em um desenho em aguada marrom e vermelha.

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